Effective Padding of Multi-Dimensional Arrays to Avoid Cache Conflict Misses
Caches are used to significantly improve performance. Even with high degrees of set-associativity, the number of accessed data elements mapping to the same set in a cache can easily exceed the degree of associativity, causing conflict misses and lowered performance, even if the working set is much smaller than cache capacity. Array padding (increasing the size of array dimensions) is a well known optimization technique that can reduce conflict misses. In this paper, we develop the first algorithms for optimal padding of arrays for a set associative cache for arbitrary tile sizes, In addition, we develop the first solution to padding for nested tiles and multi-level caches. The techniques are implemented in PAdvisor tool. Experimental results with multiple benchmarks demonstrate significant performance improvement from use of PAdvisor for padding.
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13:30 - 15:00 | Energy & PerformanceResearch Papers at Grand Ballroom San Rafael Chair(s): Manuel Hermenegildo IMDEA Software Institute and T.U. of Madrid (UPM) | ||
13:30 30mTalk | Effective Padding of Multi-Dimensional Arrays to Avoid Cache Conflict Misses Research Papers Changwan Hong , Wenlei Bao , Albert Cohen INRIA, Sriram Krishnamoorthy Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, Louis-Noël Pouchet Ohio State University, J. Ramanujam Louisiana State University, Fabrice Rastello INRIA, France, P. Sadayappan Ohio State University Media Attached | ||
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14:30 30mTalk | Input Responsiveness: Using Canary Inputs to Dynamically Steer Approximation Research Papers Michael A. Laurenzano University of Michigan, Parker Hill , Mehrzad Samadi University of Michigan, Scott Mahlke University of Michigan, Jason Mars University of Michigan, Lingjia Tang University of Michigan Media Attached |